Polymath Programmer

The short version

Your privacy is important to me. I take reasonable precautions to safeguard all personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) you provide. Non-personally identifiable information (such as IP address) are also collected when you visit this site, and used for analysis and improving the site.

In short, I treat you as a friend. I may send you useful and relevant emails. If you tell me any personal information, I respect you and I keep them safe. As an analogy for traffic analysis, if you come to my home, and I know you like tea, then the next time you visit, I might prepare some tea when you arrive. And I like tea too *smile*

The longer version

I recognise the importance of your privacy. This policy applies to any service offered in this site. Any third party sites mentioned may have different privacy policies, and you are encouraged to read their privacy policies.

Collected data

Information you provide - These are personal information provided voluntarily, which includes (but not limited to) your name and email address (such as when commenting on an article). For certain site interactions (such as donations), I may request your payment account information, which are handled with extreme care by secure payment servers.

Cookies - Small files stored on your computer. They do not contain any personally identifiable information, unless it’s provided by you (such as when logging in). In the course of serving advertisements, third parties who are owners of those advertisements may place and read cookies to collect information.

You can manage the use of cookies through your web browser’s settings.

Site visits - Information about your Internet Protocol (IP) address, web browser type, date/time of visit and so on are captured on server logs and with traffic analysis technology.

Uses of collected data

Your name and email address may be used to contact you with useful and relevant information. I may also use it to say hi. I don’t bug you or otherwise send unsolicited emails to you. You detest spam. I do too.

Your personal information is kept safe, and will not be sold or given to another party, except in limited cases such as fulfilling a legal requirement. In some cases, I may process your personal information on behalf of a third party, such as an advertiser. Your personal information is still held in strict confidence by me.

Your visits are tracked by cookies and other web technologies, and the information is used for analysing traffic trends and improving the site. The information is in aggregated form, and you cannot be personally identified with these data unless you volunteered the information in the first place.